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- @with mi ttnt @ffice EDWINJ. Toor, or FORT MADISON-1OWA.

Letters Patent No. 77,416, dated April 28, 1868; antedated April 17, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN GOMBfGLEANERS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY OONCERN:

Be it known that I, EDWIN J. Toor, of Fort Madison,.in the county of Lee, andiS-tatc otfIowa', have invented a new and useful Device for CleaningCombs; and I do hereby declare and make'known that the following'is a full, clear, and exa-ctV description of the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,.and the letters and figures marked thereon, which form part of this specification. i A

My invention consists insecuring, in a suitable head, a series of thin elastic strips or fingers, of brass, er any other suitable material, converging towards a centre, which fingers may be readily passed betweenthe teeth ot' a. comb, and, by pressing-upon the said teeth, will eiiectually clean the same from all impurities, as desired.

At the opposite end of the head there may be inserted a. block of rubber or a short brush, which maybe used to clean the finger-nails, when said device is used separately, and may be carried in the pocket.A

To enable these skilled in the art to understand how to construct and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the same with particularity, making reference in so doing to the aforesaid drawings, iny which- Figure l represents a top view of my invention,

Figure 2 is `a perspective view of the same, and

Figure S'represcnts'said device as being attached to a. hair-brush.

Similar letters of reference` denote the same parts of my invention in the di'erent figurest A represents a suitable head or socket, in or to which one end of a series of thin elastic strips 'of vmetal, or other suitable material, marked a, is secured or attached in any suitable manner, at such distances apart as will allow the teeth of a comb to pass through between. Y

B represents a piece of rubber or a short brush, which may be secured at the opposite end of the headA,

for the purpose and under the circumstances before mentioned, but it is not a necessary part or appendage of" my invention.

If desired, said device with or without a. brush, B, may be attached to a hair-brush in anysuitable manner,y

arranged in a mortise or recess in the side of the handle or brush, or in the end, so as to be tui-neder pressed out when desired for use, as shown in iig. 3, or in any other suitable manner vor position.

The object of making said elastic strips converging, as shown, is to adapt one device to combs ot' different sizes, and with teeth of different sizes, and placed at different distances apart, which cannofbedoue with parallel teeth. i l

VHaving described the nature, construction, andi-operation of my invention, I will specify what I claim, and

desire to secure by Lette-rs Patent. v

I claim the arrangement of converging elastic strips a wtha head, A, whether said head be provided with a brush, B, or not, as and i'or the purposes spccied.

E. J. rIOOF.

Witnesses:

W. E. Manns, Y ll. G. BEALs. 

